Ch. 311                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 9-101(j)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Natural   Resources

Section 9-302.1

Annotated Code of   Maryland

(1983 Replacement   Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

9-101.

(j) (1) "Public notice" means the notice that the
Department publishes in a newspaper serving the local subdivision
affected and in the Maryland Register concerning an application
to dredge or fill State or private wetlands. The notice shall
include a description of the proposed dredging or filling and its
location and shall advise the public of the opportunity to submit
written comments or to request a hearing on the application.

(2) "PUBLIC NOTICE" DOES NOT MEAN NOTICE AS
FOR IN § 9-302.1 OF THIS TITLE.

PROVIDED

9-302.1.

(A)  THE SECRETARY MAY MODIFY, CORRECT, OR UPDATE THE
BOUNDARY MAPS ESTABLISHED UNDER § 9-301 OF THIS SUBTITLE OR AMEND
THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER § 9-302 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(B)  THE SECRETARY SHALL NOTIFY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND
AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO WETLANDS MAPS OR
REGULATIONS AS FOLLOWS:

(1)  A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED CHANGES SHALL BE
HELD IN EACH COUNTY IN WHICH AFFECTED WETLANDS ARE LOCATED; AND

(2)  NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES AND OF THE PUBLIC
HEARING SHALL BE:

(I) PUBLISHED IN THE MARYLAND REGISTER;

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